ded318summer13

Week 5: Over halfway now!!!!

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Add your 2 weekly reflections form the list on Week 1.Are you adding to your Pinterest Education Resources, remember, you need 250 by semesters end.1. Meograph project & reflection
2. Video resources for the classroom and Reflection

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http://www.meograph.com/education

Meograph which is amazing new tool.They don't have an iPad app yet, but seems to mostly work on the iPad, kinda tricky though. I have emailed Meograph and they are working on a native app for the iPad., and are looking at fall for its release.

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Meograph does mention that it is optimized for Google Chrome and we did discover on my spring class that they were serious, it works better in Google Chrome.

To install FREE Google Chrome browser on your personal computer:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

Meograph may also work better using the Chrome App.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/mobile/ios.html

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http://www.meograph.com/education
Create a FREE account., I encourage you to use an email rather than registering with Facebook. But it is your choice.

An Example, there are more on the site.

First, click either “Create a Meograph”, or “Edit” to update an existing one.

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1) Add a moment to your story by clicking the yellow Add button.

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2) When (year or date) and Where (any location) did the moment happen? What happened?

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3) Add audio Narration, and upload Photos or link YouTube videos.

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4) While editing a Meograph, click on Photo or YouTube on the left.

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5) Your picture will show up soon thereafter on the right. You can zoom, pan, and rotate.

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6) Your video will have a slider on it, which you can drag to reposition video clip time (or even text edit to the decimal).

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7) To add narration, Start by clicking the “Narration” tab above the moment, and then just hit record.

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Please authorize Flash by clicking on the microphone icon, "Close" and “Allow”.

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8) To change the Title of the Meograph from New Meograph, Click the title, Select All, Delete and type you new title.

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9) To add your Meograph to your website, copy the EMBED code and use the HTML tab in WP. If you Meograph is too large for your website (to wide), you can change the height and width in the embed code. Just make sure you do it proportionally.

Assignment:

Choose a topic you will have will have to teach, make a Meograph to introduce that unit or topic or idea or concept.
Following the instructions above, make a Meograph project and post it to your website.
How long should the project be, not sure, it depends on your topic of course, but I would think not less than 5 images and a couple videos and at least a few should include maps but not need a map unless it is appropriate and of course some narration from you.
Make sure it is complete and you tell the entire story,!
Yes, you must have your voice on the project, photos and even video.
Plan your project and it s a good script your narration.
Lastly, add your project and a reflection to the Meograph post about this tool, what you liked, how you see yourself using it, include 3 ideas with brief descriptions of how you could use this new tool with students in your classroom.
You will add it using the Embed code just like you did with Animoto and Smore.
Title the post: Meograph, Four Dimensional Storytelling

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Ted Talks and other video resources for the classroom

Title the entry: TedTalks and other Video Resources

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For TED Talks, use the embed code. DO NOT use the one for WordPress, just the embed code.

8 Overlooked Useful YouTube Tools

When most people think about YouTube they think sharing videos and or about all of the videos they can discover. Most people don't think about the useful editing tools that are built into YouTube. The YouTube video editor has some useful features for teachers and students.

1. Create photo slideshows. The YouTube photo slideshow creation tools allow you to specify the length of time that each image is displayed for. After uploading your images you can use the annotations tool to add as much text as you like to each frame of your video. Directions for creating a YouTube photo slideshow are available here.

2. Create slow-motion videos. The most recent addition to the YouTube editing tools is an option to record videos with a regular speed camera and then turn that into a slow-motion video. Directions for doing this are available here.

3. Use annotations to create a linked series of videos (or choose your own adventure videos). Directions for doing this are available here.

4. Blurring faces in your videos. Directions are available here.

5. Stabilizing shaky footage and adding color/ light filters to your videos.